20 Traditional Chinese words for asking questions
20 Traditional Chinese words worth knowing, picked from the topics Questions and translated into English.
Questions 20 words
| Traditional Chinese | English |
|---|---|
| 誰 | who |
| 什麼 | whatBefore a verb |
| 什麼東西 | whatOn its own or after a preposition |
| 什麼時候 | when |
| 哪裡 | where |
| 怎麼 | how |
| 為什麼 | why |
| 多少 | how muchUsed on its own, to ask about a quantity or a price |
| 哪個 | whichInterrogative determiner, before the noun |
| 哪一個 | which oneInterrogative pronoun, used on its own |
| 嗎 | doQuestion marker, no literal equivalent |
| 什麼 | whatQuestion word, object |
| 什麼 | whatQuestion word, subject |
| 是的 | yes |
| 不是 | no |
| 說不定 | perhaps |
| 當然可以 | of course |
| 我不知道 | I do not know |
| 好的 | okay |
| 因為 | becauseEveryday use |
Mini quiz
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Frequently asked questions
- What comes after these 20 words?
- Carry on topic by topic: each list gives 20 words sorted into three levels. The KoKo app gathers +6,000 Traditional Chinese words and brings each one back at the right moment.
- Where do these lists come from?
- They are the lists of the KoKo app. Each page gives 20 of their words; the full topics, the reviews and the exercises are in the app.
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These lists come from KoKo, the app to learn Traditional Chinese vocabulary on iPhone.
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